The team announced that training camp would open at the new site in Santa Rosa on July 12 and that the new practice field would be ready by the time of their first scheduled on-field practices on July 15.

The AFL released the complete regular season schedule, including televised dates. The league's network broadcast partner, ABC, was slated to air just two of the team's seven road games in the Bay Area, eliciting protests from the Raiders' front office.